| 单词 | chain reaction |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschain reaction chain reaction n. a chemical or nuclear reaction forming intermediate products which react with the original substance and are repeatedly renewed; also figurative, any such self-maintaining process. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > return action or operation > a self-maintaining process chain reaction1926 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions (general) > chain reaction chain reaction1926 1926 Chem. Abstr. 20 2122 Photochemical equivalence and chain reactions. 1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 348 A chain reaction theory of excitation was put forward. 1938 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) xxiv. 254 An elementary process may be immediately succeeded by a ‘chain reaction’, and then the amount of chemical change may be enormous. 1945 Statements relating to Atomic Bomb (H.M.S.O.) 14 It was generally accepted that a chain reaction might be obtained in uranium which would yield enormous amounts of energy. 1947 Sat. Evening Post 22 Mar. 140/3 If you publish a candid article about any community, giving actual names of people..you are..braving a chain reaction of lawsuits, riots and civil commotion. 1949 Mind 58 270 The ‘chain-reactions’ let loose by the breakdown of belief in absolutes. 1954 Sci. News 32 48 Polymerizations proceed as chain reactions, growth being propagated by activated molecules (free radicals). < as lemmas |
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